Authors Notes:
I would like to thank Goof, my editor-in-chief, for editing this story. I couldn't have done it without your help!
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Gary watched the two young women walk out of the store with the VR unit with an evil smile. The little blonde was well on her way to becoming another fuck toy in his growing collection.
He felt very proud of himself. Not many people went from stock boy to running an electronic store and sex slave empire overnight. A shudder went through him as the details of the night someone killed off the rest of his coven flashed through his mind.
The assholes had sent him on a coffee run! He might not be the strongest in the group, but come on.
Ironically, it had saved his life and left him in charge of all of this after someone or something had killed the others and made off with the sluts they had captured.
Gary had cleaned up the mess left behind and realized that the VR systems had been left intact, so he started selling them to special clients, like the blonde and her cousin.
His trip down memory lane was interrupted by his sister, Wendy, blocking his view of the mall.
"So, did you fix those fucking whores?" Wendy demanded, referring to the blonde and her cousin who had flirted with her husband in the food court.
Gary smiled at his sister, "Don't worry about it. They will do whatever I say in a few days and never think twice about Al."
"You can have that skanky blonde, but I want the other one. She fucking winked at me when I caught her looking at Al. I want that bitch to pay."
He thought his sister was going a little overboard. Al wasn't anyone's prize. The fact he married his sister spoke volumes about his personality. He wasn't much more than a doormat for her to wipe her feet on, but he was her doormat, and Wendy could be very vengeful when she thought her property was being played with.
"Sure thing. When the other one puts the headset on, I will let you know," Gary assured her.
Mullified, Wendy walked away, grabbed Al and the baby, and left, leaving Gary to watch them walk away, almost feeling sorry for the young woman after Wendy had her claws in her.
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Liza's apartment was what she liked to call used. It was built about thirty years ago, and while it had been reasonably maintained, it was very dated.
"I don't see why you live here," Kara commented as Liza parked.
"It's not my parents' house," Liza responded, giving her cousin a look that explained everything.
Kara chuckled. Liza's parents were very controlling, making dating hard.
Setting up the VR system and connecting it to Liza's laptop took fifteen minutes.
Liza had to log in and register the product to get to the downloadable content.
"Ok, let's see what they have," Liza announced, scrolling through the list of topics.
"What do you want to try? Sports or Outdoors?" Liza asked, looking over at Kara.
Kara noticed the experiences category. "Look in there and see what they have," she suggested.
The experiences category had a lot of walking tours, but the holiday section caught Kara's attention.
"Do they have Halloween?" Kara asked. Halloween was her favorite holiday, and she always looked for the next haunted house.
They browsed the Halloween category and found several haunted houses.
"I want to try the tour of Haunted Alcatraz," Kara said, excited. "I heard they turn the old prison into a haunted house every Halloween."
"Please, I have always wanted to go!"
Liza laughed and chose the content. It took about ten minutes to download.
"It must be a massive file," Liza stated, looking at her watch.
The download finished, and the installation said it was complete. After that, Liza just had to click on the launch button on the screen.
Kara picked up the headset and started to put it on.
"Hey!" Liza complained, reaching for the headset.
"Hey, nothing," Kara said, stepping out of reach.
"I let you try it last time."
Liza shook her head and helped Kara get the unit fastened on her head.
"Ready?" Liza asked before she realized that Kara couldn't hear her.
She clicked launch and waited for Kara to start moving.
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Gary's phone dinged.
He had a new message from the VR master controller.
"Unit 7 is active. Subject 132 Online."
"Place subject 132 in limbo,"
Gary sent back.
"Subject 132 is in limbo."
Gary called his sister, and she answered on the second ring.
"Hey, Gary. What's up?" Wendy asked, drying her hands. She had just finished washing dishes from dinner.
"Your little slut just put the headset on. How soon can you get here?" Gary asserted without preamble.
"Maybe 15 minutes. Will that be too long?" Wendy replied.
"Nah. I have her held in the buffer right now. From her point of view, anything less than a couple of hours in the real world never happened."
"I'll be right over," Wendy confirmed as she hung up the phone.
"Al, I'm heading to Gary's for a while. Be a lamb and watch the baby," Wendy yelled up the stairs as she grabbed her purse, almost giddy as she headed out the door.
Fifteen minutes later, she was knocking on Gary's door.
"Hey, come on in," Gary opened the door.
Wendy hated his apartment. It looked like the village hoarder had decorated it after dumpster diving behind a really bad Renaissance Festival.
"I see you have cleaned up a little," Wendy observed, her disdain clearly evident on her face.
"Like your place is any better," Gary muttered under his breath as he locked the door behind her.
He guided her to the spare bedroom where two recliners were set up, each with a VR headset sitting in the seat.
Wendy picked up hers, turning it over in her hands.
"Okay, here are a couple of things to keep in mind. Nothing in the game can hurt your physical body, but try not to die. It can mess up your mind, and I might be unable to fix it," Gary instructed.
"I thought you said this was safe," Wendy was confused, holding the VR goggles like they might bite her.
"I will be there with you, and it's very unlikely that you would be somewhere you might die. If you find yourself in a place you don't want to be, this gesture will cause the system to eject you from the stream and release you to the real world," Gary showed her a gesture with his hand next to his head.
"The slut you want to own has chosen a horror experience. That means there will be monsters, demons specifically. I will be one of the demons, chasing and tormenting her and a few other players. You will be just another player in her group," Gary held his hand when his sister started protesting.
"You have never been inside the system before and have no Talent so you can't control the flow of the game," Gary said matter-of-factually.
It was a sore subject between the two of them. He had been born with a small ability to use magic, while she had been born without any ability at all.
"Fine," Wendy huffed.
"Don't worry, I have given your character some special attributes, one specifically that lets you suggest things for the slut to do. The more you use it on her, the less she can resist. You will also be stronger than the other players."
"Anything else?"
Gary debated telling her about the aspects of the VR system that he still didn't fully control but decided against. He didn't want to admit that he wasn't strong or skilled enough to her. If he did, she would just browbeat him with it.
"Shall we play?" Gary switched gears, sitting in the chair, holding the headset in his hands.
"Yeah, I can't wait to have that little slut on her knees between my legs," Wendy smiled devilishly, feeling herself getting turned on just thinking about some of the nasty things she wanted to make the other woman do for flirting with Al.
"Release subject 132 and attach Units 1 and 2 to Unit 7,"
Gary sent back.
"Subject 132 is in the game queue. Units 1,2,7 attached."
Gary and Wendy put their VR headsets on and relaxed into the chairs.
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The outside world had retreated as the VR headset came to life, softly glowing until Kara found herself standing on a boat pulling into a dock at Alcatraz. She noticed that other than the crew, only a few other people were on the ship.
Upon docking, one of the sailors turned to Kara. His face was gaunt, and his uniform looked soiled. But, looking between him and the island he stood in front of, Kara felt that he fit the creepy background that hung over the island.
"You have to be real careful, miss. The island is haunted by demons dressed like people," he informed her, looking between her and the guide waiting for her group.
Kara felt fear for a second but shook it off.
Of course, everyone here would be in character.